EDUCATION & INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNER

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After my graduation from the MEAO School of Business Administration and Economics, I went to HKU Utrecht School of the Arts and Design. During my study I did an internship in Paris at XULY.Bët. In 2002 I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design. Afterwards I launched my independent fashion brand selling my own handmade fashion collections at several high end boutiques, concept stores for young fashion designers and galeries in the Netherlands and in Belgium. These were very exciting and inspiring years with several creative collaborations.

As a young designer tough times came when being confronted with the recession in 2008 and 2009. I decided to take a break and to work for different corporate companies on several non creative projects in Finance and Administration . Nevertheless I did a couple of fashion projects like for example Con Amore 2010 and Emotional Intellegence 2012.

In these past years I still had the aspiration to pratice my work as a designer having my own creative business to serve others. As a matter of fact my late father was a business minded person. He always motivated us to work hard, be creative, independent and to build our own businesses.  So all of my 4 siblings are business owners. It runs in the family. By the end of 2021 I went to the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce to (re)launch my business.

My believe is that everybody has been given unique gifts and talents that is within ourselves. We have to discover, develop and practice them, not only for yourself, but also to serve each other. When we share our unique gifts and talents we open ourselves up to new opportunities and experiences. Together we can make this world a beautiful and happy place by sharing and respecting the uniqueness in each other.